In February 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that implements the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). CMS requires manufacturers and group purchase organizations (GPOs) to start collecting data that must be reported to CMS by March 31, 2014.

Physicians will have an opportunity in 2014 to review the reported data before they are published on the CMS website.

Next Steps

​Watch for future notices from CMS about how to register on the CMS Open Payments website to receive information on reports. This is scheduled to occur Jan. 1, 2014.
For more information on ACA, you may log in to the TMA Website to read TMA's summary of ACA.